Desk mounts for calendar pads



NW0 1969 G. E. NICHOLS 2,958,968

DESK MOUNTS FOR CALENDAR PADS Filed March 18, 1960 IN V EN TOR. 6071011; .ZZTJVZZ'MZE United States Patent 2,958,968 DESK MOUNTS FOR CALENDAR PADS Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro, Mass., assignor to Winthrop-Atkins Co., Inc., Middleboro, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Mar. 18, 1960, Ser. No. 15,901 11 Claims. (Cl. 40120) This invention relates to mounts for display purposes and has for its principal objects to provide a simple, inexpensive mount for supporting such items as a calendar pad, a temperature or pressure indicator, samples of articles of manufacture, and advertising legends. Other objects are to provide a mount which is exceptionally easy to manufacture, requiring very few cutting and assembling operations and yet provides a sturdy, attractive article which is both useful and cheap enough to be used for advertising purposes.

As herein illustrated, the mount comprises a stiff, substantially rectangular panel containing a narrow elongate slot spaced from and parallel to its lower edge, a second panel disposed against the face of the first panel, so as to cover the slot therein, a leg hingedly connected to the second panel and extending through the slot and downwardly along the rear side of the first panel, the leg being swingable rearwardly with respect to the first panel and a brace situated between the panels and the leg operable to hold the leg displaced rearwardly with respect to the panels. Preferably the second panel, which is the front panel, is transversely narrower than the first panel, which is the rear one, and covers substantially the entire area of the lower part of the rear panel. The front panel, in one form, is fastened to the back panel by adhesive, staples or the like. front panel may be hinged to the lower edge of the back panel. The leg is hinged along its upper edge to the upper edge of the front panel and the brace is conected at its lower end to the rear panel below the slot and contains an opening engageable with a tongue carried by the leg. The front panel. is adapted to have attached to it, by suitable means, a calendar pad, a temperature or pressure indicator, or samples of items of manufacture and the part of the rear panel, exposed above the front panel, is adapted to receive advertising legends.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the mount with the front panel broken away in part;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation as seen from the right-hand end of Fig. 1, drawn to somewhat larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the back panel, showing the brace;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the front panel, showing the leg connected thereto;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section to much larger scale, taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1, showing the hinge connection between the front panel and the leg, in its relation to the back panel;

Fig. 6 is an end elevation showing a modification in which the front panel covers the entire face of the back panel;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary front elevation of the faceboard bearing articles of manufacture; and

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of a modification wherein the front panel is hinged at its lower edge to the lower edge of the back panel.

Alternatively, the lower edge of the Referring to the drawings, the mount is made up of a pair of panels 10 and 12, preferably, but not necessarily, of diflernet height from top to bottom, the panel 10 being the wider heightwise and constituting a backboard which is adapted to rest upon its lower edge in an upwardly, rearwardly inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2. The backboard 10 contains a transversely disposed slot 14. (Fig. 3), which is spaced from and parallel to its lower edge and, as herein shown, a little more than half-way up from the lower edge. The narrower panel 12, which con stitutes the faceboard, is placed over the front side of the backboard so as to cover the slot 14 and part or all of the backboard therebelow. Preferably the faceboard, as shown in Fig. 1, is of slightly less width than the backboard so that its ends are spaced inwardly from the corresponding ends of the backboard and its lower edge' is spaced from the lower edge of the backboard. Adhesive, staples, rivets, stitching, and the like, may be employed for fastening the faceboard to the backboard. A leg member 16 (Figs. 2, 4 and 5) is connected to the upper edge of the faceboard by a paper hinge 18, as is commonly used in the art, and is thrust through the slot 14 so that the paper hinge occupies the slot and the leg 16 extends downwardly along the rear side of the backboard and is displaceable rearwardly therefrom. The leg 16 (Fig. 4) contains an opening 20, along the upper edge of which there is a downwardly projecting tongue 22. A brace 24 (Fig. 3) is connected along its lower end to the backboard. The upper end of the brace terminates in the slot 14 and its sides are separated from the backboard by spaced parallel, vertically disposed cuts 26-26.' The brace is yieldingly movable, rearwardly with respect to the backboard, and is narrow enough so as to be thrust through the opening 20 in the leg 16; The brace contains an opening 26 which is interengageablewith the tongue 22, thus to hold the leg rearwardly displaced with reference to the backboard.

Optionally the faceboardll may cover the entire front face of the backboard, as shown in Fig. 6 and, when constructed in this fashion, the leg is cut out of the faceboard so as to be swingable rearwardly about a horizontal hinge provided, for example by scoring the board so as to extend rearwardly through the slot in thebackboard;

In still another form (Fig. 8) the faceboard 12 may be hinged at its lower edge to the lower edge of the back-- board 10. When made in this fashion the backboard,

faceboard and leg may be cut from a single blank and scored to permit folding the faceboard agalnstthe back-. board and the leg so as to project through the slotin the faceboard.

The faceboard 12 is adapted to have attached to it a calendar pad 20, a portion of one being shown in Fig. 1. Additionally, a temperature or pressure indicator 32 may be mounted on the faceboard. As shown, the indicator 32 is a plastic disc having, peripherally of its lower part, a flange 34 to which a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied and by means of which it may be attached to the face of the faceboard by pressure and to be held in spaced parallel relation thereto by the flange. A bi-metallic coil is mounted on the backside of the disc with a pointer 36 at tached to its free end, so as to be movable by the coil as the latter is influenced by temperature or pressure along a scale 38 marked on the faceboard. Openings 40 and 42 are made through the faceboard and backboard, directly behind the indicator, to improve its accuracy by allowing atmospheric conditions to prevail adjacent the sensitive element and also to permit adjustment.

It is also contemplated that samples of articles of manufacture 44 may be attached, for e xample by spring clamps 46, to the faceboard for display, as shown in Fig. 7.

Because of the simplicity of the construction, manufacturing costs can be kept at a minimum without sacrifice in appearance, utility or durability.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A mount adapted to be supported in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, comprising a stiff, substantially rectangular panel, containing a narrow elongate slot, spaced from and parallel to its lower edge, a second panel disposed on the face of the first panel, said second panel covering the slot in the first panel, and having a leg hingedly connected thereto which extends rearwardly from the second panel through the slot in the first panel and downwardly along the rear side of the first panel, and a brace situated between the panels and the leg operable to hold the leg displaced rearwardly therefrom.

2. A mount according to claim 1, wherein an indicator is fastened to the front face of the second panel.

3. A mount according to claim 1, wherein the second panel is adapted to have a calendar pad attached thereto, and the portion of the first panel above it is adapted to bear advertising indicia.

4. A mount according to claim 1, wherein the second panel is adapted to have articles of manufacture attached thereto, and the part of the first panel above the second panel is adapted to bear advertising legends.

5. A mount according to claim 1, wherein the second panel is connected at its lower edge'to the lower edge of the first panel.

6. A mount according to claim 1, wherein the second panel is attached to the first panel by fastening elements.

7. A mount for supporting one or more articles of manufacture and advertising indicia, comprising a stiff, substantially rectangular panel adapted to be supported on its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, said panel containing a narrow elongate slot spaced from and parallel to its lower edge, a second panel narrower heightwise than the front panel mounted on the front face of the first panel, said second panel covering a portion of the first panel and the slot therein, a leg member hingedly connected to the second panel and extending therefrom, rearwardly through the slot in the first panel, and downwardly along the rear side of the first panel, and a brace situated between the panels and the leg operable to hold the leg displaced rearwardly therefrom.

8. A desk mount for a calendar pad, comprising a stiff substantially rectangular backboard, a faceboard applied to and covering a part of the backboard, said backboard having an opening through it situated behind that portion covered by the faceboard, a leg extending rearwardly from the faceboard through the backboard and downposition, said backboard containing a narrow opening transversely thereof, paralleling its lower edge, a faceboard applied to the backboard so as to cover a part of the backboard and the opening therein, a leg extending rearwardly from the faceboard through the opening and downwardly along the rear side of the backboard, said leg being swingable, rearwardly from the backboard and a brace operably associated with the backboard and the leg to hold the leg at an angle to the backboard.

10. A desk mount for a calendar pad, comprising stiff, substantially rectangular boards of different width, the wider board being adapted to rest in an upright, rearwardly inclined position on an edge, said wider board 'containing a narrow slot spaced from said edge and parallel thereto, means fastening the narrower board to the wider board so that it covers the opening and that part of the wider board therebelow, a leg hinged to the narrower board extending through the opening and downwardly along the wider board at the rear side, said leg being swingable rearwardly from the Wider board, and a brace hinged to the Wider board near its lower edge for rearward swinging movement into locking engagement with the leg to hold the latter rearwardly displaced from the boards.

11. A desk mount for a calendar pad, comprising a pair of rigid,-rectangular panels of different heightwise width, the wider panel being adapted to rest on its lower edge in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, and containing'a narrow, transversely extending slot spaced from and parallel to its lower edge, means fastening the narrow panel to the front face of the wider panel so as to cover the slot and a part of the wider panel therebelow, a leg hinged to the upper edge of the narrow panel extending rearwardly therefrom through the slot and downwardly along the rear side thereof, said leg being swingable rearwardly from the rear side of the wider panel, and a brace connected at its lower end to the wider panel below the slot, said brace being swingable rearwardly from the rear side of the wider panel into locking engagement with the leg to hold the latter rearwardly displaced with respect to the panel.

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